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12-05-2025
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50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean
Rana Atef On Saturday, Russia's space agency, the Soviet spacecraft, fell back to Earth over the Indian Ocean. Last week, Dutch tracker Ralph van Dijk successfully captured a rare, high-resolution photo showing an old Soviet space capsule, part of the "Kosmos 482" probe, orbiting Earth. The photo was captured as the capsule was coming towards the Earth's atmosphere, nearly half a century after its launch. Van Dijk, a specialist in tracking space objects, stated that the photo shows 'a clearly compressed spherical object,' describing the shot as 'astonishing by all measures.' He noted that the capsule appeared about 130 kilometers closer to Earth compared to the "Starlink" satellites, which helped highlight its details more clearly. The photo also showed 'stretched and weak structure' next to the spherical object in some frames. This structure may be the landing parachute originally intended for use on the surface of Venus. "Kosmos 482" was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union as part of a mission to explore Venus. However, the device failed to leave Earth's orbit, and the spacecraft's landing unit has been orbiting Earth ever since. read more UAE's Lunar Mission Delayed to Tomorrow Twitter Lifts Trump's Account Ban Scientists Find Evidence Of 10،000 Black Holes Surrounding The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Greenhouse In Antarctica Able To Grow Vegetables Without Soil Or Sunlight Moving Over China: U.S. Is Again Home to World's Speediest Supercomputer Technology The 10 most expensive cars in the world Technology Top 10 fastest cars in the world Technology Lasers Could Make Computers 1 Million Times Faster Technology Smart technology taking control of our lives News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War
See - Sada Elbalad
04-05-2025
- Science
- See - Sada Elbalad
50-Year Soviet 'Kosmos 482' Capsule Close to Earth's Atmosphere
Rana Atef Dutch tracker Ralph van Dijk successfully captured a rare, high-resolution photo showing an old Soviet space capsule, part of the "Kosmos 482" probe, orbiting Earth. The photo was captured as the capsule was coming towards the Earth's atmosphere, nearly half a century after its launch. Van Dijk, a specialist in tracking space objects, stated that the photo shows 'a clearly compressed spherical object,' describing the shot as 'astonishing by all measures.' He noted that the capsule appeared about 130 kilometers closer to Earth compared to the "Starlink" satellites, which helped highlight its details more clearly. The photo also showed 'stretched and weak structure' next to the spherical object in some frames. This structure may be the landing parachute originally intended for use on the surface of Venus. "Kosmos 482" was launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union as part of a mission to explore Venus. However, the device failed to leave Earth's orbit, and the spacecraft's landing unit has been orbiting Earth ever since. Observers and space enthusiasts are closely monitoring the object's return to Earth, with Marco Langbroek, from the "SatTrackCam" center in the Netherlands, noting that the capsule could re-enter the atmosphere on May 10, with an error margin of ± 2.2 days. read more UAE's Lunar Mission Delayed to Tomorrow Twitter Lifts Trump's Account Ban Scientists Find Evidence Of 10،000 Black Holes Surrounding The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Greenhouse In Antarctica Able To Grow Vegetables Without Soil Or Sunlight Moving Over China: U.S. Is Again Home to World's Speediest Supercomputer Technology The 10 most expensive cars in the world Technology Top 10 fastest cars in the world Technology Lasers Could Make Computers 1 Million Times Faster Technology Smart technology taking control of our lives News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Videos & Features Bouchra Dahlab Crowned Miss Arab World 2025 .. Reem Ganzoury Wins Miss Arab Africa Title (VIDEO) Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple
